David Cage Quotes

I don't ever know where I'm going. Because one of the wonderful things about writing, which is different than working in programming, you don't need to know. You could just write and discover where you're going. And it's a great deal of fun.

I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't have a little list of topics to write about.

I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to write.

As far as I'm concerned, freedom is the most important thing to creativity. You should feel free to write in whatever way, whatever language, feels comfortable to you.

I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.

I feel you should be able to write about whatever you want.

Remove literary, grammatical and syntactical inhibition.

For me, you have to not have a formula. You have to not even sit down and say, 'I want to write right now.' It has to just kind of come out. It's not something you can plan.

When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do is to lose control - say what they want to say, break structure.

I guess I could say that I pursue questions that interest me in ways that interest me on the page, but that's awfully vague.

I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.

And write what you love - don't feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny.

I'm always amazed by writers who tell me they plan everything at the beginning. I feel their writing days must be very bland.

Basically, I just write whatever story grabs me rather than considering the genre.

I try and make little stories. Whether it's with a pencil or with bits of records, it's really the same thing.

I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff.

Being an author is fun. It's a great job, because I can stay up as late as I want, and if I feel like taking the day off, I do it. Plus, I get to make up silly stories and draw pictures all day.

I really think that if there's any one enemy to human creativity, especially creative writing, its self-consciousness. And if you have one eye on the mirror to see how you're doing, you're not doing it as well as you can. Don't think about publishing, don't think about editors, don't think about marketplace.

I don't write to a genre.

I'll write anything; I don't want to judge its form.

As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by next year' kind of writers. I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end.

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.

When I'm writing, I am lost in my book. Except family and close friends, I don't care about what critics, publishers or readers might think.

Don't let anyone tell you there's only one way to write.

I don't write for an auditorium full of people. I don't write for the microphone; I write for the page.